Well, some bad news here, the power adapter for my 2.8GHz C2D appears to have broken; I'm going to ask around and see if anyone has a spare, but if not it's offline for the foreseeable future

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Are you sure its dead? I've used chargers on laptops they weren't meant for (too high power draw) and they all usually go into a protection mode before they physically destroy themselves. Leave it unplugged for 3-6hrs and try it again.

Post a pic of the power connector, I believe all Inspirons are the same unless you have an older one. If it is the rounded one, I have a spare and I still have your shipping address.

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This is actually a hexagonal one, but it works fine with the round connectors (I've used it with a 90w plug for a Latitude and I'm currently borrowing a 65w plug from another Dell owner; he needs it back for his laptop, but it powers mine fine).

My address has actually changed, I'm away at school in Raleigh now, but I'll PM you my new one.

Are you sure its dead? I've used chargers on laptops they weren't meant for (too high power draw) and they all usually go into a protection mode before they physically destroy themselves. Leave it unplugged for 3-6hrs and try it again.

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I'm almost certain it's dead, the light on the cord doesn't even come on (and I've been using this adapter with the upgraded CPU for ~10 months at this point). It's been unplugged for a few hours, but I'll try again in a bit

This is actually a hexagonal one, but it works fine with the round connectors (I've used it with a 90w plug for a Latitude and I'm currently borrowing a 65w plug from another Dell owner; he needs it back for his laptop, but it powers mine fine).

My address has actually changed, I'm away at school in Raleigh now, but I'll PM you my new one.

I'm almost certain it's dead, the light on the cord doesn't even come on (and I've been using this adapter with the upgraded CPU for ~10 months at this point). It's been unplugged for a few hours, but I'll try again in a bit

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I have an older 125w Latitude one (Big F***er!) It works fine but the cord insulation is frayed in a couple of spots.